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Harmony Masterclass

Making the Changes - Jamie Taylor's approach - Part 2

Jamie Taylor·
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Jamie Taylor continues his Making the Changes series, explaining the simple harmonic infrastructure at work in jazz standards and how to use it to make better note choices when soloing. As in Part 1, the premise is that the centuries-old harmonic principles behind classical music also shaped the Great American Songbook — so if you understand major and minor keys, you already know everything you need to get started.

Jamie argues that a very literal "match the scale to the chord symbol" approach can confuse matters and lead to poor note choices, and offers an easier, less theoretically daunting way in — explaining Cole Porter songs in a language Cole Porter would actually have recognized, rather than reaching for the huge jazz theory textbooks.

Running time: 60 minutes. Includes 33 pages of written material with transcriptions and examples in standard notation and TAB.

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Jamie Taylor is one of Great Britain's finest jazz guitarists. His clear methodology is highly unique and highly innovative; truly one of jazz's finest minds. Jamie’s playing has drawn praise from top critics like The Guardian’s John Fordham and Jazzwise’s Robert Shore, and he has been heard with leading jazz musicians from both sides of the Atlantic such as Sheryl Bailey, John Stowell, Roni Ben-Hur, Sebastiaan DeKrom, Wayne Escoffery, Dave O’Higgins, Baptiste Herbin, Bart DeFoort, Steve Fishwick, Jeremy Brown, Steve Watts, Kate Williams, Pete Whittaker, Laura Jurd, Tori Freestone, Alan Barnes, and Jim Mullen. He appears regularly at top London venues such as Ronnie Scott’s and The Troubadour, and has also been featured on recordings for the jazz labels Candid and GLP. Jamie is currently a Principal Lecturer in Jazz Guitar at Leeds Conservatoire, whose full-time jazz degree course is one of the oldest in Europe (having started in 1967). He also held the post of Course Leader for this program between 2007-2009. For more information about Jamie, visit http://www.jamie-taylor.com/ PRESS: “An uncanny ability…always grooving.” Matt Warnock, Just Jazz Guitar“ “Taylor is a name to watch out for.” Stephen Graham, Marlbank “An alternative perspective on the blues legacy, taking in elements of swing, bop, and funk. It’s clever, engaging stuff.” Robert Shore, Jazzwise “(Jamil Sheriff) gives the soloists in a fine northern orchestra their cues; Jamie Taylor’s edgy guitar burns through.” John Fordham, The Guardian